they re usually a sign that spring has sprung but why is this host of golden daffodils being left unpicked? but why is this host of from 1 the arrival of pope francis baghdad, the arrival of pope francis at a cathedral where he is about to give mass for iraq s much diminished christian community. it was about 2.5 million 20 years ago, now down to something over 100,000. nonetheless a passionate and devoted part of the christian church, and one of the oldest, in fact. the territory that is now iraq, in the first century ad, some of the earliest people in the middle east to adopt christianity. the pope giving matt there this afternoon, we will bring you some pictures and the atmosphere of that a little later. giving mass. welcome to hardtalk i m stephen sackur. what is the chinese government doing to the muslim uyghur population of xinjiang province? well, a combination of personal testimony, leaked documents and satellite imagery points to a systematic policy of repress
welcome to hardtalk i m stephen sackur. what is the chinese government doing to the muslim uighur population of xinjiang province? well, a combination of personal testimony, leaked documents and satellite imagery points to a systematic policy of repression so far reaching, us government officials have called it genocide. my guest isjewher ilham a young uighur woman whose father, a uighur academic, has been imprisoned for seven years. the fate of the uighurs has become a geopolitical issue but is anything going to change? your dad was detained by the authorities he could not fly. you had to fly on your own, and you have not seen your father since. so, can i begin by asking you, what do you know of your father s situation today? the last time i saw my father was eight years ago, and the last time i heard his voice was seven years ago. after we were separated at the airport, my father was arrested for a few days. he was allowed to return home, and he started his house ar
welcome to hardtalk i m stephen sackur. what is the chinese government doing to the muslim uyghur population of xinjiang province? well, a combination of personal testimony, leaked documents and satellite imagery points to a systematic policy of repression so far reaching, us government officials have called it genocide. my guest isjewher ilham a young uyghur woman whose father, a uyghur academic, has been imprisoned for seven years. the fate of the uyghurs has become a geopolitical issue but is anything going to change? jewher ilham, in the united states, welcome to hardtalk. i want to begin by taking you back eight years. it was eight years ago that you and your father went to beijing airport, preparing to fly to the united states. your dad was detained by the authorities he could not fly. you had to fly on your own, and you have not seen your father since. so, can i begin by asking you, what do you know of your father s situation today? the last time i saw my fathe
now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. a strong earnings results for way bow. will we see similar numbers for tencent? tencent?. good morning, asia. glad you could join us for this midweek edition of asia business report. chinese social media giant weibo has reported reve nu es of media giant weibo has reported revenues of just media giant weibo has reported revenues ofjust under $200 million, an increase of 67% compared the year ago levels. profits are coming in at about $47 million us. the company claims 347 million monthly active users, an increase of 30% over the past year. another tech giant in china, tencent, is tipped to report encouraging numbers today. but with a saturated market, what are the other avenues for growth? certainly they need to start looking outside of the chinese market. there s still a lot of growth in chinese market, for example tencent are actively looking outside, looking at notjust china but around hong kong and sing
will eu countries be added to the us flight laptop ban? top officials are due to meet in brussels. will robots ever replace humans? we show you the latest creations that are grabbing the attention of company bosses. welcome to world business report. i m sally bundock. also in the programme it s risk off for the world s financial markets, thanks to the latest trump turmoil. but first today eu and us officials are meeting to discuss a potential extension of the laptop ban on aircrafts. in march, the trump administration imposed new restrictions which prevent us bound travellers from carrying electronic devices larger than a mobile phone into the cabin. the original set of restrictions affected flights from eight mostly muslim countries including turkey, egypt, the united arab emirates and saudi arabia. this affected many of the gulf carriers including emirates, etihad and qatar airways, but now there are reports suggesting that the ban could be extended to include some coun